A little walk down memory lane to the DNC winter meeting 2 years ago.

[madfloridian]

Here is the transcript from Howard Dean's speech to the winter meeting in 2003. It was a speech with many cheers and ovations. It was in front of the party he will assume leadership of tomorrow. It has been a long way from there to here. Lots of it painful, and still some twinges. Good luck, Howard. We've got your back.

http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/dnc0203/dean022103spt.html
SNIP.."What I want to know is why in the world the Democratic party leadership is supporting the president's unilateral attack on Iraq. .

What I want to know is why are Democratic party leaders supporting tax cuts. The question is not how big the tax cut should be, the question should be can we afford a tax cut at all with the largest deficit in the history of this country. .

What I want to know is why we're fighting in Congress about the Patient's Bill of Rights when the Democratic party ought to be standing up for health care for every single American man, woman, and child in this country. .

What I want to know is why our folks are voting for the president's No Child Left Behind bill that leaves every child behind, every teacher behind, every school board behind, and every property tax payer behind. . ....."

And the conclusion:
SNIP..." I need your help. I need your help. We're going to change this party and then we're going to change this country, and we're going to take back the White House, and we're going to balance the budget, and we're going to have health care for everybody, and we're going to have an America with its best institutions right up to the cabinet that looks once again like America.

We're going to bring hope to America, jobs to America, peace to America; we're going to bring pride to the Democratic party. I need your help. Let's go get it; let's go do it. Let's win the White House in January of 2004. Thank you very much. . END SNIP